PHP 8.4 deprecation fixes

[glo17680]

Prominent deprecation in PHP 8.4:
This is a prominent deprecation in PHP 8.4 and legacy PHP applications will likely cause deprecation notices due to this change in PHP 8.4. The suggested replacement is straight-forward, safe, and works in PHP 7.1 and later.

[glo71317]

@tezrik I looking to review and merge this PR as it is not having PHP8.4 support and getting some PHP 8.4 deprecations issue. So, Are you maintaining this package then please take a look and release new version of this package?

As we working to support PHP 8.4 on adobe commerce, So your support is highly appreciate. Thanks

[samwilson]

There's some discussion on #582 about whether this package is maintained, and if not which fork could perhaps be the successor. (I'm just another user of this and would also like to see it maintained!)

[glo71317]

@samwilson thanks, yes someone can accept our pr and review then it will also good way to keep update this package

[glo71317]

@tezrik Greeting! And wish you happy new year!
Can you please take a look on this PR? if you have any suggestion or insights please share with us.